Avoidance of nitrous oxide for patients undergoing major surgery: A randomized controlled trial

Anesthesiology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-231

  Myles, Paul S ^a,b,f   Leslie, Kate ^c,d   Chan, Matthew T V ^e   Forbes, Andrew ^b,f   Paech, Michael J ^g,h   Peyton, Philip ⁱ   Silbert, Brendan S ^j   Pascoe, Elaine ^b,f   Tomlinson, James ^a   Saldukas, Aushra ^a   Hunt, Jennifer ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

ⁱ AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART INFARCTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34547603175     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000270723.30772.da     Document Type: Article

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